when restarted OR "MAX" reached in this item HTTD.exe crashes with with following info recorded on the logs:
windows application log:
Faulting application httpd.exe, version 2.2.0.0, faulting module php_mysql.dll, version 5.1.2.2, fault address 0x000011e7.

1 - apache (platform independent) bug where it gradually allocates all the memory , can be caused by a apache module or addon and even a script
2 - windows apache bug where the threads die attempting a restart when max is reached